Message-Id: <mailto:199411202345.RAA16646@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 10:45:36 10+EST From: Alan Howell <mailto:AHOWELL@MITCHELL_1.SLNSW.GOV.AU> Subject: Large Image Project To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
With a project of this size it would be worth looking at some other mass scanning projects around.A good starting point would be the report, DIGITAL-IMAGING AND OPTICAL DIGITAL DATA DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS: LONG-TERM ACCESS STRATEGIES FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES, published electronically in July 1994 by the National Archives and Records Administration.
This starting point might suggest similar agencies to talk to in the UK.
As mentioned in the posting to IMAGELIB on Friday 19 July, the report documents the results of a two-year study of the use of digital imaging and optical media technologies by agencies of the U. S. federal government.
The paper consists of an executive summary, a list of recommendations, an overview of the challenges involved in long-term data access, followed by five sections that describe digital image capture, indexing systems, optical digital data disk storage systems, information retrieval, and information management policy.
Each of the five main report sections contains management issues, technology trends, user experiences, and recommendations. Four appendices provide detailed descriptions of agency site visits, a summary of relevant technical standards, a glossary of technical terms, and an annotated bibliography.
I have found the site visit reports to be particularly useful when thinking about large-scale projects.
The report is available as two Postscript files at ftp://ftp.nara.gov/pub/technical_information_papers/.
Compressed versions of the files are also available at that site. The files are:
TIP12PT1.PS 1,215,535 bytes 8-09-94 8:44a
[TIP12PT1.PS contains the main body of the paper (up to page 98) in Postscript format.]
TIP12PT2.PS 1,313,326 bytes 8-08-94 2:37p [TIP12PT2.PS contains the four appendices of the paper (pages 99 through 295) in Postscript format.]
To print the technical information paper, you will need a Postscript printer with scalable fonts which include New Century Schoolbook, Courier, and Times Roman.
If, like me, you have difficulty in printing the report due to the large size of the postscript file (ie the printer keeps timing out), you can work from the DOS prompt and set the "mode" setting for continuous retries before sending the file to the printer (I was using an HP laserjet IIIp with postscript). I'm sure there are other ways. Alan Howell Preservation Manager State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia Tel. (02) 230 1679, Fax (02) 232 4816 email mailto:ahowell@ilanet.slnsw.gov.au